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Cardinals 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 6, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 6, 1939 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 6 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 6, 1939 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 2 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherHarry Gumbert  
Losing PitcherMort Cooper  
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Game Winning RBIBilly Jurges 

Game Info

DateMay 6, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherMort Cooper  
Home Starting PitcherHarry Gumbert  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance18,599 
Time of Game2 hours 30 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: (none)
3B: Larry Goetz

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jimmy Brown  Shortstop 
Stu Martin  Second Baseman 
Pepper Martin  Right Fielder 
Joe Medwick  Left Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Terry Moore  Center Fielder 
Don Gutteridge  Third Baseman 
Mickey Owen  Catcher 
Mort Cooper  Pitcher 
Ray Blades  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mel Ott  Third Baseman 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Bob Seeds  Center Fielder 
Frank Demaree  Right Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Harry Gumbert  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Cardinals 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 6, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/6/1939 -- St.Louis at New York (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Brown J, ss           4  0  2  0   Moore J, lf           4  2  1  0   
Martin S, 2b          4  0  1  0   Jurges B, ss          4  1  1  1   
Martin P, rf          3  0  0  0   Danning H, c          5  1  4  3   
Medwick J, lf         4  0  2  0   Ott M, 3b             5  0  1  0   
Mize J, 1b            4  1  1  0   Bonura Z, 1b          2  2  1  0   
Moore T, cf           4  1  2  1   Seeds B, cf           4  0  1  1   
Gutteridge D, 3b      4  0  1  0   Demaree F, rf         3  0  2  0   
Owen M, c             3  0  0  0   Whitehead B, 2b       4  0  1  1   
Padgett D, ph         1  0  0  0   Gumbert H, p          4  0  1  0   
Cooper M, p           2  0  0  0                                      
King L, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
McGee B, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  2  9  1                        35  6 13  6

St.Louis         000 200 000 --  2
New York         201 020 01x --  6

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cooper M (L)          6.0 11  5  5  3  7
McGee B               2.0  2  1  1  1  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gumbert H (W)         9.0  9  2  1  1  3

E -- Ott M, Jurges B
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 3
LOB -- St.Louis 6, New York 10
2B -- Jurges B, Danning H, Bonura Z, Seeds B, Mize J
3B -- Brown J, Moore T
HR -- Danning H
SH -- Jurges B
WP -- McGee B
PB -- Owen M 2
T -- 2:30
A -- 18599

    

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